Hi Cheryl, Did you find they had extra marriages? To avoid problems like this.
1. always attach children to a couple rather than one parent if both parents are in the database. If you link to just a mother or just a father, you'll create an extra "marriage" for them to unknown. 2. when adding a partner to someone with children, check whether you are adding them to the current "marriage" or a new one. If a new one, you'll create the 1/2 kids problem. Note the checkbox: Add this person to the currently displayed marriage. Cathy At 11:28 PM 23/04/2014, you wrote: >Thanks, Cathy, but if I'm understanding Problem 11 >correctly, it doesn't apply. > >And, considering what happened just now, it may just be that >what I'm doing is causing temporary memory/pointer/poke >problems. Which ATC isn't unreasonable. > >Cheryl > > > > >Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Hi Cheryl, > > > > It sounds as if you are creating extra marriages. Look at the > > marriage icon in Family View. How many times does it say the wife has > > been married? I suspect you are ending up having her married to an > > unknown/blank with the children and then married to the right John > > Deaux but not had any kids with him. > > > > Sounds like the John Deaux may also have two marriages - one with the > > kids and no wife and one with the wife and no kids. > > > > When you add a partner to a person with children, you have to make > > sure you are adding them to the right "family". > > > > There's a good right up on correcting incorrect links at > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsRelationshipProblems.asp > > > > I think it's Problem 11 you need to read carefully for the initial > > problem you were trying to correct but now some of the others apply. > > > > Cathy > > > > > > At 12:38 AM 23/04/2014, you wrote: > >> Occasionally I go to change a spouse who has been > >> erroneously linked with the wrong John Deaux. > >> > >> EACH time I do that, the right John Deaux vanishes, leaving > >> me with the right wife and the right children, but no Daddy. > >> When I pull up Deaux-dad, the wife isn't there, but the > >> kiddles are all showing as 1/2s. If I close the program and > >> re-open, it corrects itself -- until I edit any of the > >> children, and try to go back to the parents of whom only the > >> right wife is showing. It gets tiresome. > >> > >> What the /flip/ am I doing wrong here?!? > >> > >> Running 385 (because I haven't had time to d/l an update > >> over dial-up) on win7 32-bit home. > >> > >> Tnx > >> > >> Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
